China-Asean relations are bigger than mere geopolitics — China-Asean relations are usually described in two ways. One emphasises danger: the South China Sea, US-China rivalry, military pressure and risk of Southeast Asia being pulled into China’s orbit. The other emphasises opportunity: trade, infrastructure, investment, supply chains and shared growth. B

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People caught vandalising Washington Reflecting Pool to be fully prosecuted — People ⁠caught vandalising the Lincoln Memorial Reflecting ⁠Pool on Washington’s National Mall will be fully prosecuted, US Attorney Jeanine Pirro said on Sunday. US President Donald Trump has blamed vandalism for recent problems with the newly renovated pool, including its new ‌blue paint peeling o

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Nie Huihua on the non-Westernness of Chinese government and the challenge to innovation — Nie Huihua, a professor of economics at Renmin University, discusses how an effective understanding of China’s development requires a shift from Western-centric frameworks to an integrated perspective that recognises how formal institutions, informal grass-roots mechanisms and cultural collectivism

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